Lady&#39;s garment



W. FREEDMAN LADY S GARMENT Feb. 21, 1939.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 9, 1938v INVENTOR WiIZZz'am fiegdm/z BY ATTORNEYS Feb. 21, 1939. w. FREEDMAN LADYS GARMENT Filed Feb. 9, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY Val/W 444444 ATTORN EYS 5 Patented Feb. 21, 1 939 I LADYS GARMENT William Freedman, New York, N. Y., assignor to Sport-Time Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 9, 1938, Serial No. 189,487

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to ladies garments, and more particularly to multi-piece sport ensembles for beach wear and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a sport ensemble, having various pieces which can be arranged and assembled with ease, to produce different fashionable articles of dress or difierent attire effects.

A more specific object is to provide a skirt,

which can be worn in detached combination with a short jacket to form an attractive sport ensemble therewith, which can be connected easily to said jacket to form a full length garment such as a beach coat, and which can be used as a cape. To carry this object into effect, the jacket, (which is in the form of a bolero or Eton jacket cut square at the waist) and the skirt (which is open at the front) are provided with means for detachably fastening them together at the waist to form what would appear as a one piece beach coat, the skirt having means for girding it about the waist when unfastened from the jacket.

Another object is to provide an open front skirt, which when worn around the shoulders forms a modish cape with an upstanding collar, and which has skirt closing means at its waist line serving also as collar closing means in its cape transformation.

As another feature of the invention, the skirt piece has a series of button holes on its waist section through which corresponding buttons in the jacket waist may he slipped to form the full length garment above referred to, and through which a ribbon or cord may be threaded for tying the upper section of the skirt piece closely around the neck when said piece is used as a cape and when it is desired to obtain a different collar effect than is produced by the use of the waist closing means above referred to.

Various other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, and from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the front of a sport ensemble consisting of a playsuit, and an open front skirt girdled around the wearers waist and over said playsuit,

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the front'of a sport ensemble, which in addition to the garment pieces shown in Fig. 1', includes a jacket detached with respect to the skirt, 7

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the front of a sport ensemble, in which the jacket and the skirt are interconnected to form a beach coat,

Fig. 4 is a front perspective view 'of the skirt piece converted into a cape, with the waist fastening means serving as a collar fastening means in its cape transformation,

Fig. 5 is a front perspective view of the skirt 5 piece converted into a cape, and having a ribbon or cord at its upper end for tying the cape around the wearers neck,

Fig. 6 is a. perspective of the rear view of the jacket,

Fig. '7 is a plan of the skirt piece spread in open position, and 'Figs. 8 and 9 are detailed sections on an enlarged scale, taken on lines 88 and 9-4 respectively of Fig. 7, and showing various thick- 15' nesses on exaggerated scale for purposes of clearness.

Referring to the drawings, one unit of the sport ensemble comprises a playsuit A, desirably of conventional one piece construction, and con- 20 sisting of shorts l0 and a halter top H.

The ensemble also includes a garment piece B, which may be girded around the wearers waist and over the playsuit A to form an open front beachskirt as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or which 25 may be used as a cape as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The material of this garment piece Bis straight out so that it will drape gracefully downwardly over the wearers body when used as a skirt, and is desirably made from a pair of rectangular 30 panels l2 seamed together at l3 as shown in Fig.

'7. Near the upper end of the garment piece B is a transverse strip-like shirred section It, de-

, sirably formed in the well-known manner by a series of parallel gathering stitches l5, and extending the full width of the garment piece B,

so that said piece will be substantially in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid with the wider section at the bottom. The garment piece B is desirably provided with a hem H5 at the bottom 40 and hems I! at the sides.

At the upper end of the garment piece B is a waist band l8, which desirably comprises a fabric strip doubled lengthwise thereof, and having the lower ends infolded and connected to the upper end of the shirred section It by stitches 18a, and which has its upper fold edge stitched at l9'to flatten said band. In order to fasten the garment piece Beither around the waist when used as a skirt, or around the neck when used as a cape, it -is provided with a series of buttons 20 on one sist of a series of folded cords, having the inner ends of some of them extending into the open end of the waist band l8 and stitched thereto, and having the inner ends of the other cords extending through an opening 23 in the fold edge of one of the side hems H at a section thereof opposite the shirred section l4, and fastened thereto by stitching 24 passing through said cords and through infolded sections 25 of said hem formed on opposite sides of said opening, as shown in Fig. 8. i

The waist band I8 is also provided with a series of spaced button holes 21 for the purpose hereinafter set forth, the end button holes 21a being disposed closely adjacent the ends of said band.

When the garment piece B is worn as a skirt, this piece is buttoned around the wearers waist by slipping the buttons 20 through the corresponding button loops 2| as shown in Fig. 1. When so worn, the shirred section ll of the garment piece will extend substantially to the wear ers hip-bone, so that the upper portion of the skirt will fit'snugly around the waist, while the portion of the garment therebelow will have a full graceful flare towards the bottom hem l6 of the garment piece, to obtain the so-called dirndl" effect.

The sport ensemble also includes a waist length open front jacket C, out square at the waist 30, shaped in substantially the form of a bolero or Eton jacket, and desirably provided with a bottom hem to form a waistband 3|- The waistband 3| of the jacket is co-extensive in length with that of the waistband IQ of the garment piece B, and has a series of buttons 32 secured on the outer side thereof and spaced to correspond with the spacing of the button holes 21 on said waistband I. By means of this construction, the jacket C may be stylishly worn loosely over the halter top I of the playsuit A, detached from the skirt B as shown in Fig. 2, or may be buttoned to the upper end of the skirt B by slipping the buttons 32 through the button holes 21 to form a beach coat as shown in Fig. 3. This coat may be worn opened as shown inFig. 3, or may be buttoned at the waist by means of the buttons 20 and the button loops 2|, so that the opened coat will be converted into somewhat of a partially closed overdress, formfltting around the waist.

The buttons 32 are desirably covered with the same material as that from which the jacket garment is made, so that they will add to the ornamental appearance of the jacket, even when detached from the skirt. When the jacket is buttoned to the skirt, the button connection between said jacket and said skirt is not obvious, the buttons appearing as ornamentations, thereby giving to the resultant coat the appearance of being made of one piece.

The garment piece B may be used as a cape as shown in Fig. 4, the buttons 20 and the button loops 2| serving to fasten the upper portion of said piece around the neck in this converted form of the garment piece. It should be noted that the shirred section I of the garment piece B imparts a substantial amount of rigidity to said section,

so that when said piece is worn as a cape as shown in Fig. 4, the portion of said garment piece above the lower edge of the shirred section N forms an upstanding collar 35. If it is desired to close the collar 35 snugly around the wearers neck, instead of using the collar fastening means 20 and 2|, a string or ribbon 3' may be threaded through the button holes 21, and the ends of said ribbon tied togetheras shown in Fig. 5.

The different pieces of the sport ensemble are made of the same or matching material such as floral cretonne, and as already noted may be changed about, and may be combined in various manners set forth, or may be used singularly to obtain different fashionable outfits or to produce different attire effects. Furthermore, the garment piece B may be provided with a series of fastening means, (not shown) along its full length at the opposed edges thereof to form a skirt adapted for more formal wear. Also the jacket may be provided with a series of fastening means in the front so that it may be converted into the closed bodice of a dress when connected to the skirt.

It should be noted that although the skirt and the jacket are shown in combination with a playsuit, that as far as certain aspects of the invention are concerned, this playsuit may be eliminated.

It should also be noted that the shirring piece at section I4 of the garment piece B may be replaced by tiny pleats, without departing from the broader aspects of the invention.

Furthermore, as far as certain aspects of the invention are concerned, the button holes 21 and the corresponding buttons 32 as well as the buttons 20 and the loops 2| may be replaced by hooks and eyes, hookless fasteners or any other garment fastening means.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A ladys garment ensemble including a waist length jacket piece cut square at the bottom, and having a series of buttons on the outer side thereof spaced along its waist line, and a garment piece of the same material as said jacket piece, substantially in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, with the greater width at the bottom, said garment piece having a waist band at its upper end and means near said end for girdling said garment piece around the wearer's waist to form an open front skirt, said waist band being substantially the same length as the waist line of said jacket piece and having a series of button holes spaced therealong to correspond to the spacing of said buttons, said two garment pieces being open at their front throughout the entire length thereof, being adapted to be used in detached combination as a fashionable ensemble, and said jacket buttons being adapted to be slipped through said corresponding button holes to combine said pieces into a full length coat.

2. A ladys article of attire comprising a garment piece substantially in the form of an isosceles trapezoid and having a strip-like section near its upper narrower end gathered the full width of said garment piece, a waistband connected to the upper edge of said gathered section, and substantially co-extensive in length with that of said gathered section, and means for fastening the upper opposed end sections of said garment piece together, whereby said garment piece may be fastened around a wearers waist to form a skirt,

said garment piece being adapted to be used as a cape, and said gathered section having substantial rigidity whereby said gathered section and said waistband incape transformation form an upstanding collar, said waistband having a series of spaced openings along the length thereof through which corresponding buttons on an upper dress section may beslipped to form a full length garment, or through which a cord or ribbon may be threaded to tie said collar around the wearer's neck in cape transformation.

3. A lady's garment ensemble including a waist length jacket piece cut square at the bottom and having a series of buttons on the outer side thereof spaced along its waist line, and a garment piece of the same material as said jacket piece, substantially in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, with a greater width at the bottom, said latter garment piece having a waist band of thicker material at its upper end, means near said end for girdling said garment piece around the wearer's waist to form an open front skirt, said waist band being substantially of the same length as the waist line of said jacket piece and having a series of button holes spaced therealong to correspond with the spacing of said buttons, said two garment pieces being open at their front throughout the entire length thereof. being adapted to be used in detached combination as a fashionable ensemble, said. jacket buttons being adapted to be slipped through said corresponding button holes to combine said pieces into a full length coat, and said garment piece being adapted tobe used as a cape, the upper or waist band portion thereof having substantial rigidity whereby in cape transformation it forms an upstanding collar, through the button holes of which a cord or ribbon may be threaded to tie said collar around the wearers neck in cape transformation.

4. A ladys article of attire comprising a garment piece substantially in the form of an isosceles trapezoid, a waistband connected to and extending the length of the upper edge of said piece and means for fastening the "upper opposed ends of said waistband together, whereby said garment piece may be fastened around a wearers waist to form a skirt, said garment piece being adapted to be used as a cape, the upper portion thereof having substantial rigidity, whereby in transformation. I

WIILIAM FREEDMAN.

cape transformation it forms an upstanding 001- 

